Monochrome Music

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Maxine Gadd

which I purchased from CDO but she no longer appears to be selling with them

My Scrapkits Black Beauty & Midnight Desire 

Font of choice 

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

Starting with the Black Beauty kit

c/p paper 11

open Miz_BB_mask 2

layers, new mask layer, from image

choose the mask in the drop down list

ensure invert mask data is checked

merge group

close mask

c/p element 33

c/p element 37

c/p element 24, resize 50, move to left slightly

c/p element 23, resize 40, move to bottom left of music sheets

c/p tube, move to right a little

duplicate

make mask layer active, select all, float, defloat, invert

on one tube hit delete a couple of times

deselect

on the duplicated tube erase most of the right side

and bottom of tube but leave the face/head

duplicate bottom tube again

change blend mode on middle and top tube layers to overlay

Now we move onto the Midnight Desire kit

c/p element 24, resize 25, move to bottom left of tube

to cover the hard edge

c/p element 13, resize 40, rotate right a little

c/p element 3, resize 40, mirror, drag below flowers

c/p element 35, resize 20, position in front of clock and flowers

d/s all elements

you may want to reposition the black glitter layer

so you can see it more

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Story of my Life

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies needed: 

My Scrapkit - Memory Maker

My Miz_Mask 242

Font of choice

My supplies HERE

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 9

apply mask

merge group

copy and paste the following

element 33, resize 50, duplicate, merge down

element 28, resize 70, rotate left 15, move to bottom of netting, duplicate, 

mirror stack of letters

book, resize 70, position so it looks like its leaning on the letters

element 34, resize 30, position across bottom right corner of book

element 18, resize 20, rotate right 8, move to top left corner of book

Open the wordart, 

select round and copy a piece of wordart you like

paste as new layer

adjust, add noise, gaussian, 70, monochrome

select all, float, defloat

new raster layer

floodfill with a light brown (I chose the color from the letters)

deselect

drag below wordart

merge them together

dropshadow and position to your liking

Add your name

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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Here are some more examples from the members of my group Taggers Inn

Faded

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 18th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Julsy

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

Filter - Muras Meister - copies

Font(s) of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 300

c/p tube

effects, muras meister, copies

wallpaper rotate default settings

adjust, blur, radial blur

twirl, elliptical, 50,10,0,0,10

recenter if you need to

rename this layer twirl

custom selection

top & left 0, right 700, bottom 25

new raster layer

floodfill with a dark color from your tag

deselect

d/s 2,5,50,8,black

name this layer top bar

duplicate

image, flip

name this layer bottom bar

custom selection

top & left 40, right 140, bottom 200

new raster layer

change foreground color to white

floodfill with fading foreground gradient

angle 270, repeats 0

lower opacity to 60

new raster layer

floodfill with white

contract 1, delete

deselect

selection tool, rectangle, feather 10

draw a rectangle from the right across about 1/3

of the white border, delete

(the idea is to have a fading frame round your faded rectangle)

hide the bottom 4 layers

merge visible

rename this layer faded rectangle

unhide the bottom 4 layers

duplicate your faded rectangle twice

mirror one of them, 

image effects, offset h-500, v-30

on the 2nd duplicate

offset h-10, v10

again hide the bottom 4 layers

merge visible

duplicate

rotate left 90

offset h300, v-60

lower opacity to 65

custom selection

top & left 0, right & bottom 30

new raster layer

floodfill white

contract by 10

floodfill with the same dark color as the bars we made earlier

add your favourite inner bevel

deselect

duplicate

offset, h36, v0

duplicate

repeat offset

merge all 3 squares together

rotate left 90

reposition between the two sets of faded rectangles

now using your selection tool, rectangle, feather 0

select round the tiny colored square, copy

deselect

paste as new layer

resize by 70

position in the top left corner of the vertical

faded rectangles

duplicate twice and move them into a vertical line

a few pixels apart from each other 

merge them together

duplicate

rotate left 90

reposition to the same place on the horizontal faded rectangles

c/p your tube, resize if necessary

position on the right edge of your canvas

duplicate

gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to overlay

merge down

duplicate, mirror

make your vertical faded rectangles layer active

select all, float, defloat, invert

on your mirrored tube, position to your liking

within the selection then hit delete a couple of times

deselect, lower opacity of tube to around 35

Using a small or pixel font, and a contrasting color

type out your name or favourite saying or quote across the top bar

add some nice faded brushes to your twirl layer if you wish

add your name, copyright and license information

merge all flatten

save as jpg

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Here are some more examples made by the members of my group Taggers Inn

Steam Shore

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 17th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the incredible artwork of Misticheskaya

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

My Scrapkit - Steam Shore

My mask - Miz_Mask 198 

Font of choice - I used Scurlock

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

c/p paper 8

apply Miz_Mask 198

merge group

c/p element 16

resize 80, position to the left

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate and move to the right

image, flip

c/p element 39

resize 60, rotate left 4

c/p element 71

resize 80, drag below frame layer

and move to the bottom so no sand is 

showing inside the frame

duplicate twice, mirror one

and move them into place how you like

c/p element 17

resize 40

duplicate, move one up a little and one to 

the right a little so some of each is showing

outside the frame

magic wand, click inside the frame

expand by 5

on both overlay layers hit delete

(You may need to erase a few of the sparkly

bits on the far right if they overhang too much)

and on both cogs layers

deselect

c/p element 11

resize 40, move to the left

c/p element 13

resize 40, move to top right corner of frame

element 76, resize 50

move under the anchor on the left

element 75, move left a little

element 73, resize 70, rotate right 8

move to bottom of frame

element 85, resize 20, bottom right

element 58, resize 20, in front of rope

d/s all elements except overlays

2,5,50,8, black

c/p tube 

resize to fit nicely on sand

I made a feathered selection across my tubes

knees so it looks like she is kneeling IN the 

sand not just on top of it.

Add any other elements you wish

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

St Paddys Steam

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Fiodorva Maria

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

My Supplies HERE

My Miz_Mask 231 HERE

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700 

floodfill white

Open supplies 

c/p paper 

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

mirror and flip

merge down

c/p overlay, 

duplicate, 

rotate left 90, flip

On original overlay

image effects, Offset, H -110, V -20

on the duplicate overlay

Offset H -40, V 91

c/p frame, resize 70, rotate right 5

Offset, H -60, V -3

c/p cog 2, resize 70 twice

move right slightly

d/s 2,5,50,8,black

c/p clock face, resize 20

move to end of cog 2

d/s

layers, arrange, move down

c/p cog 1, resize 70 twice

move to the top right corner of frame

d/s

c/p shamrock 1, resize 40

position on top of cog 2 towards the end

so its hiding the last cog and a bit of the clock face

d/s

c/p shamrock 2, resize 20

position just above the clock cog in cog 2

duplicate, mirror, position bottom left corner of frame

d/s both

Now drag your frame to the top of your layer palette

click inside it with your magic wand

expand by 2

c/p paper again

invert, delete

drag below your frame layer

keep selected

c/p tube

resize to fit nicely

and hit delete

deselect

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate

adjust, blur, gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to overlay (or whatever looks good to you)

Dont forget to bring that bottom left shamrock back on top of the frame

Now go  back over the layers and change the blend modes

overlays - luminance

frame, cog 1, cog 2, clock face - luminance legacy

add d/s to frame

Make mask layer active

c/p shamrock scatter, resize 30

duplicate, mirror

position one so its showing under the frame and

one a little higher

Add some wordart if you wish

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Tulips

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 11th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Fiodorva Maria

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

My Supplies HERE

My Miz_Mask17  HERE

Font of choice - I used Hamerslag

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p tube

effects, muras meister - copies - wallpaper (rotate) default settings

adjust, blur, radial blur

twirl, 50, 10, 0, 0, 10 elliptical

reposition to the center

apply mask

merge group

duplicate

selection tool, rectangle, feather 0

select round the inner rectangle of the duplicated mask layer

invert, delete, invert

effects, penta.com - dot & cross, default settings

deselect

selections, custom selection

left 150, top 250, right 350,  bottom 450

copy, deselect

paste as new layer

rename layer square

select all, float, defloat

expand 10

new raster layer

floodfill with a color from your tag

contract selection 12

delete

deselect

add a nice subtle inner bevel of your choice

graident glow, fat setting but change the color to a darker

shade of the frame and the width to 3

Image, rotate left 45

image effects, offset, h130, v0

repeat on the square layer

c/p tulips

resize 30

position so the bottom of the stems are in the bottom corner of the frame

then carefully erase any stem that are showing outside the frame but not the flowers

the aim is to make them look like they are coming out from behind the frame

d/s -2,-5,50,8,black

c/p tulips 2

resize 40, mirror

place behind square layer to the right

d/s

c/p tube, resize to fit nicely on the left of your tag

d/s

c/p tulip basket, resize 20

position behind tube (or to your liking)

d/s

c/p tulip spray, resize 50, duplicte

place one behind tube, mirror the other one and place in front of tube 

d/s both

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

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Here are some more examples made by the members of my group Taggers Inn

Gothic Lolita

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Very Many

which can be purchased from the store HERE

Scrapkit - Gothic Lolita2 by Pink Paradox Productions

Mask 0031 & 0035 from Dragonflys Psp

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 800 x 800 

floodfill white

c/p paper 48

apply mask 0035

merge group

c/p paper 44

apply mask

merge group

c/p tube, resize 80

duplicate

On mask layer, select all, float, defloat, invert

on original tube layer, delete

deselect

On duplicated tube layer

using your freehand selection tool

select across the top of the legs and round the

bottom half of the tube and delete

deselect

merge tube layers together

dropshadow 

element 240, resize 40, rotate left 90

move down and to the left a little

duplicate, mirror, d/s both

element 235, resize 40, rotate left 90

drag below tube and to the left

duplicate, mirror and move up a bit 

so they are offset from each other

d/s both

back to top of layer palette

element 225, resize 50, image effects, offset, h0, v-120

element 218, resize 60, drag below the black netting

element 200, resize 40, rotate right a little, move to the right

between the netting layers, duplicate, mirror

c/p and resize the following elements and position to

your liking at the bottom of your tag 

element 120, resize 40

element 98, resize 40

element 184, resize 30

element 115, resize 30

element 204, resize 30

element 103, resize 30

element 183, resize 25

element 190, resize 25

element 178, resize 25

element 222, resize 25

element 90, resize 60

element 237, rotate left, adjust sharpness, sharpen more

duplicate, mirror and flip

dont forget to d/s

c/p element 243 on top of layer palette

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Melancholy Melody

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 8th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the lovely artwork of Irulana

Scrapkit - Haunting Melody from Pink Paradox Productions

Mask 0038 from Dragonflyspsp

Font of choice

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 47

apply mask

merge group

resize 90

c/p frame 13

resize 40

rotate left 5

element 50, resize 30, bottom right corner

element 189, resize 30, mirror, along bottom of frame

so the curve is past the right of previous element

element 120, resize 50, along left side of frame

element 164, resize 30, on top of lampost in the middle,

duplicate, mirror

element 132, resize 30, bottom left corner, duplicate twice,

flip one and drag below original, move other to top right corner

of frame and drag below it, erase any that is showing inside the frame

element 183, resize 30, along bottom of frame, 

element 155, resize 50, along bottom of frame, mirror

duplicate, rotate right 90, drag below frame layer

element 47, resize 30, rotate left 53, bottom left corner

element 196, resize 70, move to left slightly

c/p tube, resize to fit nicely on your tag

drag down layer palette to just above the frame

d/s all elements except the sparkles, 2,5,50,8, black

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Steampunk Yorkie

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 5th March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the gorgeous artwork of Laguna

which can be purchased from Pics for Design

Scrapkit - Steampunk Girl by Taggerworld

My mask 122 HERE

Font of choice - I used Inkland

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 3

apply Miz_Mask122

merge group

c/p frame 3, resize 80

element 59, resize 60, bottom left

element 30, magic wand, click on each black wing, 

expand by 1, delete, 

deselect, mirror, 

resize 55, 

rotate right 10, 

place on top 

of previous element so the screws in the middle of the flowers are showing

element 48, resize 60, duplicate twice

On original, image effects, offset, H-80, V145

on 1st duplicate, offset, H -141, V-10

on 2nd duplicate, offset, H 132, V-169

element 25, resize 40, rotate left 35, move to bottom

element 76, resize 40, bottom right

element 28, resize 60, on top of element 25

element 67, resize 65, place top left, ensure one of the cogs

is showing just above it a bit.

c/p tube just above frame layer, resize to fit

d/s all elements and tube, 2,5,50,8,black

add name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

crop and save as png

Here is another example 

Irish Eyes

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 2nd March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

Supplies needed: 

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Alicia Mujica

which can be purchased HERE

My Scrapkit - Olde Lucky

Font - Great Victorian Standard

Filters - Xero, Porcelain

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open blank canvas 700 x 700

preset shapes

rounded rectangle

foreground null, background dark green

draw out a rectangle in the middle of your canvas

convert to raster

change color to a different shade of green

draw out another rectangle like your first

but make it slightly longer and not as wide

so you can still see the first one above and

below it.  convert to raster

on both rectangle layers

select all, float, defloat

expand by 5

new raster layer

floodfill with a yellow/gold color

deselect

add noise, 44, uniform, monochrome

layers, arrange, move down

d/s

change preset shape to a heart

draw out a small heart in yet another green

convert to raster

duplicate

rotate left 100

duplicate

image, mirror

now position the 3 hearts so the points are touching

each other, merge down twice

You can use your pen tool to draw a little stalk if you wish

rotate your shamrock left 15

duplicate, mirror

position one top left of top rectangle and

one bottom right

merge down

add noise, 44 uniform monochrome

select all, float, defloat, expand by 3

new raster layer

floodfill with the same yellow you used earlier

deselect

layers, arrange move down

d/s

Make top rectangle active

select all, float, defloat

c/p tube as new layer

resize to fit nicely

selections invert

hit delete on your tube

deselect

effects, xero, porcelain, default settings

change blend mode to luminance legacy

duplicate

gaussian blur 9

change blend mode to screen

c/p element 74, resize 30

position to the right 

(mine looks like its coming from the tubes eye)

c/p element 1, resize 40, place behind

top left shamrock

d/s

Make bottom rectangle active

Text tool

Great Victorian Standard, size 28, color yellow

type out "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING" along the bottom

convert to raster

d/s

add name, copyright and license information

merge visible

crop and save as png

Lucky

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 1st March 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the stunning artwork of Misticheskaya

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

My Scrapkit - Olde Lucky

Miz_Mask 222 HERE

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 13

apply mask

merge group

c/p frame 3

element 62, resize 40

element 55, resize 30, duplicate

element 53, resize 30, duplicate, mirror

element 65, resize 30, duplicate

element 30, mirror

element 1, resize 50

element 60, resize 30

element 72, resize 40

element 35, resize 30

position all elements to your liking

along the bottom of the tag

or use my image as a guide

c/p tube just above frame layer

resize to fit nicely

erase any that is showing below the elements

dropshadow all elements and tube

add your name, copyright and license information

delete white bg layer

merge visible

save as png.

Kiss Me Im Irish!

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using the beautiful artwork of Misticheskaya

which can be purchased from Pics For Design

Scrapkit -  Lady Luck from Vaybs

Masks 231 & 234 from my blog HERE

Font of choice

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Open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper 7

apply mask 234

merge group

move up the canvas slightly

duplicate

image, flip

c/p paper 10

apply mask 231

merge group

c/p elements 44 & 45

resize both 50

position one either side of the 'stalk' on

the 2nd mask layer

c/p element 20

resize 40

position in the middle of the 2 grass layers

c/p element 7

resize 20

dupliate twice

position in a line along the bottom of the previous elements

c/p element 64

resize 30

position bottom right

drag down a layer or two so its under the shamrocks

c/p element 59

resize 30

position behind hat

c/p tube

resize to fit nicely

position inbetween the two grass layers

If using the same tube as me

I copied just the clover and pasted

and rotated several times behind the tube

If not using the same tube then 

c/p element 42

resize 30 and duplicate several times

position behind your tube to your liking

c/p element 50

resize 30

position bottom left in front of tube

c/p element 29

resize 20

duplicate, and rotate slightly 

so one stone is 'leaning' on the other

in front of the cauldron

dropshadow all elements and tube

2,5,50,8,black

reposition any elements to your liking

c/p paste element 35

resize 60

add a nice green gradient glow

position along bottom of tag

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

I also made a matching avatar and small banner to go with mine

Wolf

This tutorial was written by Mizteeque on 20th February 2018 and assumes a working knowledge of psp

Written using psp9 but other versions should work just as well

Any similarity to other works is unintentional and purely coincidental

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Supplies Needed:

Tube of choice - I am using one of Very Many's 

gorgeous Wolf tubes, which you can purchase from 

the store HERE 

Miz_Mask 123 HERE

Supplies HERE

Font of choice

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Open supplies

open blank canvas 700 x 700

floodfill white

c/p paper

apply mask

merge group

select all, float, defloat, invert

c/p chicken wire

hit delete

deselect

c/p cirle frame

resize 25

c/p lanterns

resize 60

adjust brightness/contrast

brightness -39, contrast 26

move to right

c/p netting 

resize 80

position behind lanterns

duplicate

rotate left 90

position along bottom of frame

c/p wolf above frame

resize to fit, erasing any that is sticking out

c/p branch above bottom netting

resize 50

dupliate

rotate right 90

position behind lanterns

dropshadow all layers except mask

2,5,50,8, black

add name, copyright and license information

delete white background layer

merge visible

save as png

Here are some other examples made by the members of my group Taggers Inn